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In response to the expulsion from the United States of 10 Russian diplomats, a move announced Thursday by US President Joe Biden, along with a new battery of sanctions for "destabilizing" activities, Russia will do the same with another 10 US diplomats. This was announced yesterday by the Russian Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov. At the same time, the US ambassador in Moscow, John Sullivan, has received Lavrov's recommendation to go to Washington for consultations at the White House on the current state of relations between the two countries, a formula that is bilaterally contemplated that it does not mean a full-fledged expulsion for him, since Sullivan retains the possibility of returning later to his embassy in the Russian capital. Last month, when the US president called his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin a "murderer", Russia ordered its ambassador to the US capital, Anatoly Antonov, to return to Moscow, where he still remains, to discuss and analyze at the Ministry. of Foreign Affairs an in-depth review of relations. Sanction against the US attorney general Lavrov also dropped yesterday the possibility of more deportations of personnel from the US Embassy in Moscow so that it is equal in number of employees with the Russian Diplomatic Legation in Washington. He also assured that the Russian government is preparing to sanction eight US officials, including the US attorney general and the director of the FBI, who will not be able to travel to Russia; and various institutions accused of trying to interfere in the "political life" of Russia. The spokeswoman for the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zajárova, already warned on Thursday that Russia's response would be "forceful", "irreversible" and "reciprocal", although much harsher have been the measures of the United States against Russia adopted by Biden. They have involved, in addition to the expulsion of 10 members of the Russian Embassy, sanctions against 32 entities and individuals and a ban on US financial institutions from acquiring Russian sovereign debt.

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Richard Parry-Jones, the engineer responsible more than any other for the driving excellence of 21st-century Fords, has died aged 69. The news has sent shockwaves round an industry where his influence had spread hugely. And where he wasn’t only admired but held in deep affection by everyone who knew him. He was killed in an accident on the farm in Wales where he’d retired. Parry-Jones was a brilliant dynamics engineer, a superb communicator, a motorsports fan and an early advocate for the need for the car industry to reduce CO2. His working life is a demonstration of how one individual really can have an influence over this whole colossal industry. The man known to all as RP-J was a Ford lifer, having joined as an apprentice. His first big hit was as chief engineer of the Mondeo, launched in 1992. This was a huge programme: Ford spent about £5bn (in 1995 money) on the Mondeo and its American equivalents the Ford Contour and Mercury Mystique. Previous to that car, Ford’s engineering effort – and it was very well executed - was all about saving money. If in consequence the car’s ride was lumpy and the engine rough and the steering slack, well that was tough luck: they were profitable cars to manufacture and sell. With the Mondeo, Parry-Jones shifted Ford’s course. He reckoned there would be more money to be made by building better cars that would sell in higher numbers at higher prices. He sweated every detail of the engineering in search of improvements in dynamics and refinement. You’d be driving with him and he’d say things like, ‘see, we’ve changed the compliance in the steering rack bushes. The customer can feel it you know’. He was passionate, and a brilliant communicator. It’s a rather awful irony that within weeks of Ford’s announcement that the Mondeo will be no more, we also lose the man that made it. After that Mondeo, he led on the Fiesta, a vast improvement on what went before, and the lovely Puma coupe. Then the 1998 Focus, a radically designed and brilliant-driving hatch, night and day better than the Escort. All spawned wonderful hot versions too. At that point he was promoted to Detroit to head all Ford’s engineering and design worldwide. He admitted to being pretty shocked at some of the US metal he had to deal with. Even the dominant F-150 pickup. He was also in charge of engineering for all the vehicles under the FoMoCo umbrella, including, at the time, Jaguar Land Rover, Volvo, Mazda, Lincoln and Aston Martin. He returned to the board of Aston recently.

It’s been a year of learning to appreciate what we have. Whether it’s our morning coffee and favourite magazine that make us happy; designer clothes and exotic holidays; or spending time with our friends and family, we have a lot to be happy about. But, if we want more, will getting it make us happy? Or is striving for happiness in itself making us miserable? According to the Office for National Statistics (ONS), from April 2019 to March 2020, life satisfaction and happiness in the UK deteriorated. Since, the pandemic has had a negative effect on the country. But what made us unhappy before? Social media? It’s common knowledge that comparing ourselves with strangers (with six-pack abs, dream jobs, mansions, and luxury yachts) is bad for our health. Or adverts, claiming that new clothes, cars, and fragrances will make us happy – suggesting that without them we won’t be? Or getting married and having kids? For generations that seemed to be the answer. But divorce rates are up and people appear to be waiting before starting a family. A year of lockdowns seems to have given many the chance to rethink their lives, and determine what will make them happy – encouraged by life coaches such as The Angry Therapist, John Kim, who encourages us to find ‘our truth’ and illustrator Lainey Molnar who advocates women being happy and fulfilled whether as a wife, mother, career woman, or otherwise. But – all the time that we’re being told how to be happy – if we’re constantly striving to be happy, and chasing after what we think will make us happy, will this endless pursuit eventually make us miserable? Counselling Directory member Dee Johnson believes chasing down perma-happiness isn’t good for us. ‘Being happy all the time is not a natural way to be,’ Dee tells Metro.co.uk. © 2021 Associated Newspapers Limited

Safety regulators warned people with kids and pets Saturday to immediately stop using a treadmill made by Peloton after one child died and nearly 40 others were injured. The US Consumer Product Safety Commission said it received reports of children and a pet being pulled, pinned and entrapped under the rear roller of the Tread+ treadmill, leading to fractures, scrapes and the death of one child. The commission posted a video on its YouTube page of a child being pulled under the treadmill. (Warning: this video may be disturbing to some.) New York-based Peloton Interactive Inc said in a news release that the warning was “inaccurate and misleading”. It said there’s no reason to stop using the treadmill as long as children and pets are kept away from it at all times, it is turned off when not in use, and a safety key is removed. But the safety commission said that in at least one episode, a child was pulled under the treadmill while a parent was running on it, suggesting it can be dangerous to children even while a parent is present. If adults want to keep using the treadmill, the commission said, they should use it only in a locked room so children and pets can’t come near it. When not in use, the treadmill should be unplugged and the safety key taken out and hidden away. The commission also said to keep exercise balls and other objects away from it, because those have been pulled under the treadmill, too. Peloton is best known for its stationary bikes, but it introduced the treadmill about three years ago and now calls it the Tread+. It costs more than $4,000. Sales of Peloton equipment have soared during the pandemic as virus-weary people avoid gyms and workout at home instead. The company brought in $1bn in revenue in the last three months of 2020, more than double its revenue from the same period a year before. The commission did not say how many of the Peloton treadmills have been sold. © 2021 Guardian News & Media Limited or its affiliated companies. All rights reserved. (modern)

Name of the game: Battlefield 1. Price: 11.99$ Link Store: Steam Offer ends up after X hours: 26 April Requirements: SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS MINIMUM: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: 64-bit Windows 7, Windows 8.1 and Windows 10 Processor: Processor (AMD): AMD FX-6350 Processor (Intel): Intel Core i5 6600K Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: Graphics card (AMD): AMD Radeon™ HD 7850 2GB Graphics card (NVIDIA): NVIDIA GeForce® GTX 660 2GB DirectX: Version 11 Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 50 GB available space RECOMMENDED: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: 64-bit Windows 10 or later Processor: Processor (AMD): AMD FX 8350 Wraith Processor (Intel): Intel Core i7 4790 or equivalent Memory: 16 GB RAM Graphics: Graphics card (AMD): AMD Radeon™ RX 480 4GB Graphics card (NVIDIA): NVIDIA GeForce® GTX 1060 3GB DirectX: Version 11 Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 50 GB available space

Following rumours of a reinvigorated attempt at limiting Ethereum mining on the RTX 3060 12GB by Nvidia, further speculation points to yet more Ampere GPU variants coming in to spoil the fun of cryptocurrency miners everywhere. If you've been keeping up with the whole ordeal, you'll be aware that Nvidia has been trying every way possible to lure cryptominers away from gaming GPUs. Not only has the company been readying mining-focused CMP cards to divert demand away from our precious gaming cards, mining limiters—first found in the RTX 3060—are another potential solution Nvidia has been exploring. The first of these limiters were circumvented in a very short period of time, thanks to Nvidia's 470.05 dev drivers accidentally allowing cryptominers to bypass them. Rumours suggest that, in order to combat this, a possible resurrection of the restrictive tech through new GA106-302 GPUs could be hitting RTX 3060s. This would replace the GA106-300-A1 GPU in newer models. Now, though, there's talk of limiters beginning to seep into the design of more powerful Ampere GPU models, as known Twitter leaker kopite7kimi hints that there may be more of these updated variants coming to the rest of the 30-series GPU lineup. The tweet indicates a potential updates to the Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 and RTX 3080, with its mention of GA102-302/202, as well as the RTX 3070 and RTX 3060 Ti alike, with potential GA104-302/202 variants to boot. That would be a full house, and if there's any weight to the claims we could be seeing cryptocurrency miners sulking off with their tails between their legs—potentially leaving more GPUs for us gamers to play with in the process.

Game Information: Initial release date: 10 Oct, 2017. Software Developer: Monolith Productions. Publisher: Web Games. Platform: PlayStation 4, Windows Microsoft. Middle-earth: Shadow of War takes the best parts of its predecessor and gives them room to breathe. It's a sequel that opts to expand rather than alter, but that's fine when Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor debuted with such strong core mechanics. Those of you who played the first game will find yourselves in the familiar boots of Talion – an undead ranger who was murdered alongside his family by the forces of that pesky Dark Lord Sauron. Sharing his body with the wraith of an incredibly powerful elven warrior, Talion's out to put a stop to Sauron once and for all. The nations of mankind hang in the balance as our hero hops around Mordor killing high ranking orc generals and building his own ugly army. Shadow of War tells a better story than its predecessor. It features a large amount of well directed and well acted cutscenes, and a wider cast of secondary characters help give the plot a better sense of purpose. While it's nothing amazing, the narrative is good enough to get you somewhat invested, and there are a few standout moments where the story successfully heightens the stakes. For an action game it's enjoyable stuff, but devout The Lord of the Rings fans may take issue with some of the creative liberties that developer Monolith takes with information and lore gleaned from the source material. We don't think that there's anything especially blasphemous here, and it's clear the that studio has a passion for Tolkien's work, but there are moments where, if you've studied the books and immersed yourself in Middle-earth before, you'll likely raise an eyebrow or two. Unfortunately for Shadow of War and its story, proceedings are held back by some uninspired mission design. Main quests are generally quite boring in terms of structure, tasking you with completing mundane objectives before you can lay your peepers on another cutscene. The plot's pretty lengthy, but a lot of that length stems from story missions that can feel like filler. It's not that these missions are awful, but their flaws are highlighted by the fact that Shadow of War is so much fun elsewhere. Outside of core quests, the game offers up a selection of open environments for you to play around in, and this is where the release really comes into its own. Everything is once again built upon the Nemesis System – an intricate and thoroughly impressive creation that the developer revealed in Shadow of Mordor. The system's put to even better use this time around as Talion forges dynamic relationships with randomly generated orc captains. At its heart the Nemesis System remains the same, but so much variety and spice has been added that it's really evolved into something special. The open environments that we mentioned earlier are po[CENSORED]ted with armies of orcs. The vast majority are generic footsoldiers who patrol the land and have a terrible habit of sitting way too close to explosive barrels, but these grunts are headed by captains – named orcs who have individual abilities and skills. As Talion, you'll constantly be working to hunt down captains and decide their fate. It's this decision making that influences the Nemesis System as a whole. Once you find your target captain, it's time to choose: does he die, join your cause, or flee in shame? Whatever path you take, there are usually consequences. Captains that you kill can come back later to take revenge, this time with a huge scar down their face and perhaps a missing arm. Orcs that you've branded, forcing them to side with you, may try to stab you in the back further down the line. The way that the Nemesis System takes all of these potential interactions and turns them into their own unique substories is fantastic. Forging personal narratives with the many monsters of Mordor is what keeps the game ticking, and the system provides a massive amount of replay value to boot. However, it's this free-form storytelling that casts a shadow on the aforementioned main quests. You end up getting so invested in your unique roster of orcs that the main plot can start to feel like it's getting in the way – like it's been nailed onto something much more interesting. And again, that's not to say the story is bad, rather it shows just how brilliantly engaging the Nemesis System is. Fortunately, you can play around with the system as much as you want, particularly once you've mopped up the main story. After the credits roll, you see what the Nemesis System is truly capable of in the Shadow Wars endgame. Here, you're free to continue conquering Mordor however you see fit, and without any distractions, the tangled web of relationships seems to stretch on endlessly. All of this is of course tied to a fast and fluid combat system, which really hasn't changed much from the first game. Talion flips and slashes across the battlefield in style, and the animations still look great. As with any contextual combat that sees you react to your opponents by hitting the right button at the right time, things can get slightly awkward as you glitch out every now and then, but overall, the system's still a lot of good, bloody fun. It's also bolstered by a welcome loot system, even if there's not that much depth to it. Shadow of War is a huge game that you can get lost in for hours on end, but if you find yourself wanting to wreak some extra havoc, you can always check out the title's online features. Connect to the Internet and you can test your skills against captains from the games of other players, or you can assault fortresses prepared by fellow users with the armies that you've cultivated. These missions are entirely optional, but if you're hungry for further action, they're nice to have around. Successful online escapades reward you with loot boxes, and this is where we have to talk about microtransactions in Shadow of War. Right off the bat, we'll say that the loot boxes feel out of place, and not just because this is a single player game. Going to a separate menu screen just to open them up makes it seem like they've been haphazardly bolted to the experience. Can you complete the game without ever opening a loot box? Absolutely, but that doesn't change the fact that they've been jammed into a title that definitely doesn't need them. Whether you use them or not, seeing that little marketplace tab on the main menu cheapens what is otherwise a great game. On that note, it's worth pointing out that much of what's impressive about Shadow of War hides beneath its surface. Now, it's certainly not the best looking game in the world. Lighting can appear far too flat at times and locations can come across as monotonous, but the engine is capable of some spectacular feats, namely when you're charging into battle with dozens of orcs by your side and watching as they clash with the opposing army. It's almost Dynasty Warriors-level stuff but much more intricate, and the framerate stays rock solid throughout. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS MINIMUM: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 7 SP1 with Platform Update Processor: AMD FX-4350, 4.2 GHz / Intel Core i5-2300, 2.80 GHz Memory: 6 GB RAM Graphics: AMD HD 7870, 2 GB / NVIDIA GTX 660, 2 GB DirectX: Version 11 Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 70 GB available space Additional Notes: X64 required RECOMMENDED: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 Creators Update Processor: AMD FX-8350, 4.0 GHz / Intel Core i7-3770, 3.4 GHz Memory: 12 GB RAM Graphics: AMD RX 480, 4 GB or RX580, 4GB / NVIDIA GTX 970, 4GB or GTX1060, 6GB DirectX: Version 11 Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 70 GB available space Additional Notes: X64 required

Zorin OS 16 Linux has moved into beta, promising improved performance and a more extensive application Store covering Flathub and Snap as well as old-style repositories. Zorin is a Linux distribution aimed at switchers from Windows or Mac, and endeavours to offer a polished user experience and a minimum of fuss. It is offered in both free and commercial versions, with the paid-for Ultimate Edition priced at £39 ($53), and free Core, Lite and Education editions. The Lite edition uses the XFCE minimalist desktop, while the others have a custom GNOME-based desktop GUI. The extras in the Ultimate edition are additional desktop layouts, one imitating macOS, additional bundled applications and games, and installation support. A note on “why does it cost” puts the emphasis on supporting the project rather than the value to the user. Version 16 is expected this summer, and in the meantime the public beta has just been released. This is not a cutting-edge Linux; it is based on Ubuntu 20.04, “Focal Fossa”, a long-term support release. The desktop is based on Gnome Shell 3.38. Zorin’s press release highlights performance improvements, as well as the addition of the Flathub repository alongside the Canonical Snap store and additional Ubuntu and Zorin repositories. Windows apps can be installed “optionally using WINE,” the release said, and added the claim that “Zorin OS 16 has the largest library of apps available out of the box of any open source desktop ever.” The Store has been a focus of attention and merges all these sources into one application. If an application is available from more than one source, the user can select from a Source dropdown. This dropdown may also offer different versions of the app. The Core edition has a somewhat Windows-like appearance including a taskbar which shows application previews as you move the mouse over its icons. A Zorin Appearance utility lets users select a different desktop layout as well as changing themes. A Windows 10X-like layout (yes, the new Windows 10 that Microsoft has yet to release) is “coming soon” to Zorin Ultimate, the organisation said. There is also a Jelly mode which makes windows wobble when moved or resized; fortunately this is off by default. We ran up the new beta on a virtual machine and liked the clean appearance and Windows-like application launch panel. As is common on desktop Linux, LibreOffice is pre-installed, for immediate productivity with an office suite. Evolution is there for email, and other out-of-the-box applications include Mapbox, based on OpenStreetMap, Rhythmbox for music, and Firefox for web browsing. Zorin OS 16 picked up an HP printer on the network without any configuration, and the initial experience is smooth. We were keen to try the promised Windows application compatibility and tried downloading several examples including the editor Notepad++. Firefox offered to open it immediately with “Install Windows Application.” Zorin OS downloaded a bunch of stuff and warned about an “unknown Windows app.” We chose to run it anyway and then ... nothing happened. After manually installing Wine we got a bit further but although the installer ran, the application immediately crashed. As it turns out Notepad++ can run on Wine when carefully configured and has been pre-packaged with an embedded version of Wine as a Snap. This ran fine on Zorin OS, but based on our experience the notion of easily running Windows applications is far from reality - though note this is a beta. Early users of Zorin 16 in this forum thread express delight with the improved performance and report that the Software Store is also much improved, though as you would expect there are also gripes about details of the revamped user interface. Overall though, it look like the forthcoming release will be welcomed.

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LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) – It’s been a busy start to the month for Nebraska Wildlife Rehab. In the first week of April, the nonprofit took in 190 animals, more animals than the entire month of March combined. “It was this like kind of delay in March, and then all of a sudden, a boom when people went outside when the weather got nice and that’s what drove our intake numbers up really fast,” executive director Laura Stastny said. Nebraska Wildlife Rehab is a wildlife rehabilitation organization that serves the entire state of Nebraska and is dedicated to rescuing, rehabilitating and returning wild animals to their natural habitats. Animals at the Omaha-based rehab center are there because they were found harmed or injured in the wild. Stastny says more than 90% of the wildlife the organization receives are hurt as a result of intentional or unintentional human action. Examples include being hit by a car, being shot or being kidnapped. Stastny says Nebraska Wildlife Rehab receives about 7000 animals a year from across the state. The recent mass influx of baby animals can put a strain on the resources the organization has when it comes to taking care of each animal. “When we have that many animals, what we are focused on is making sure that every animal gets the care it needs,” Stastny said. Examples of specific needs for the animals include things like heating pads, baby bottles with specialized nipples, formula, incubators, and dishes. After the recent baby animal boom, the organization took to Facebook, posted an “Urgent Needs” wish list, and asked the community to contribute in any way they can. “We wouldn’t be here without community,” Stastny said. “We are so fortunate to live in a city, in a state where people care about wildlife, and they believe in giving back to their community.” Stastny says community support plays a big role in helping her and her team execute their ultimate mission: To return wild animals back where they belong. “Wildlife belongs in the wild and it’s only because of the support of the community that we have all the resources that we need to take those animals on their behavioral and their nutritional path through rehab, and to get them out into the wild and give them a chance at success,” she said. You can learn more about Nebraska Wildlife Rehab here and you can view to “Urgent Needs” wish list here.

A supply crunch for a physically small device — the microchip — has been posing some big challenges for some automakers’ production in recent months, and several Northern Michigan car and truck dealers are noticing its impacts as they seek to line up inventory. “We’re really struggling with it, and I think all dealers are,” said Charlevoix Auto co-owner and general manager Bob Seitz, whose dealership carries the Chevrolet, Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep and Ram brands. As USA Today recently reported, a shortage of microchips — which have played an integral role as cars and trucks’ functions have become increasingly computerized in recent decades — has been affecting several markets since mid-2020. Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, chip factories began shutting down early last year, particularly overseas, where the majority of the processors are made. By the time they started to reopen, they had a backlog of orders to fill. Stay-at-home orders drove a surge in consumer electronics sales, squeezing auto parts suppliers who use chips for computers that control gas pedals, transmissions and touch screens. Chipmakers compounded the pressure by adjusting production lines to better serve the consumer electronics market, a far larger revenue source for them than autos. After eight weeks of pandemic-induced shutdown in spring 2020, automakers started reopening factories earlier than they had envisioned. But then they were hit with unexpected news: chipmakers weren’t able to flip a switch quickly and make the types of processors needed for cars. Some anticipate the recent disruption of traffic along a key international shipping route — resulting from a large cargo vessel becoming stuck for several days in the Suez Canal — could further complicate the flow of microchip supplies. For auto companies, responses to the shortages have included shift cancellations, temporary factory closures and assembly of some models without installation of certain processors, with those units typically set aside for retrofitting once the needed chips are available. The production hits came at a time when dealerships such as Charlevoix Auto — which opened last year at a former location of the Fox Motors chain — were seeing rising demand for cars and trucks. Seitz said the flow of new vehicles to his lot from Stellantis — a company created through the recent merger of automakers Groupe PSA and Fiat-Chrysler, parent of the Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep and Ram brands — hasn’t shown significant disruptions. However, selections of Chevrolet products — particularly for the trucks and full-size SUVS which are traditionally strong sellers at the Charlevoix dealership — have been sparser than usual as of late. At one point in early April, Seitz said the dealership had two new full-size Chevrolet trucks in stock, compared to the dozen or more which likely would be on hand amid typical industry production. Some automotive observers also have reported signs that the microchip shortage’s impacts also are carrying over to the used car market, as some consumers seek out alternatives to new models in short supply. With demand for previously owned vehicles strong at Charlevoix Auto, “it has been very tough acquiring inventory,” Seitz said. With used vehicles commanding high prices at auctions recently, Seitz said the dealership has been working to obtain units from local sellers. In one respect, he said the supply situation has been helpful in moving slower-selling inventory along, and added car buyers have tended to be aware of the issues facing the industry and willing to adapt from preferred color and option choices. “Customers have been super flexible,” he said. At Subaru By-The-Bay in Bay Shore, owner Ryan Bremmeyr said signs of the supply-chain challenges facing the auto industry are becoming somewhat more visible as spring settles in. The dealership had an extensive selection of new Subarus available through the first two months of 2021, Bremmeyr said in early April. The choices available to customers have since started to taper off, amid a recent record sales pace for Subrau By-The-Bay and signs of production slowdowns. Looking toward mid-year, Bremmeyr said his understanding is that Subaru will prioritize available microchip supplies for use in models such as the Outback and Forester in the weeks and months ahead, which should help the dealership in maintaining selections of these po[CENSORED]r lines. For customers seeking lower-volume models, it may not as easy to find one’s first choice of color or trim level. “If you’re looking for something a little bit different, it’s going to be a little harder to come by,” Bremmeyr said. Bill Marsh Jr., a partner in the Bill Marsh Auto Group — which operates a Ford outlet in Gaylord as well as dealerships carrying multiple brands in Traverse City and Kalkaska — said the biggest impacts of the industry parts shortage for his business have tended to involve inventories of po[CENSORED]r truck models such as Ford’s F-150 and Ranger. “It’s not like we have no product,” he said. “We’re just constrained.” Of the various manufacturers which his dealerships represent, Marsh said Ford inventories seem to have tightened the most amid the trend, followed by those for GM products and to lesser extents, Stellantis and Hyundai. Marsh said the dealership group is fortunate to have a strong supply chain for used vehicles — including many obtained via trade-in — and said the recent market trends offer a bright spot for drivers looking to swap for a different vehicle. “People’s trades are worth more than they would be in a normal time,” he said. At Fletch’s GMC Buick Audi in Petoskey, general sales manager James Skop said the industry’s supply-chain challenges also are showing differing impacts for the lines that dealership carries. Stocks of GMC full-size trucks and SUVs — which make heavy use of the processors in short supply — have been relatively tight and quick to turn over as of late, Skop said, adding that he’s heard indications that General Motors will be dialing back on production of some other GMC models to prioritize available parts for use in highly profitable lines such as these. For Fletch’s, inventory impacts for Buick — whose lineup of SUVs is mostly assembled overseas, and tends to involve longer shipping times to dealerships than some other GM products — and the Audi brand have been less noticeable, Skop said. For vehicles with limited selections, Skop said trading of units between dealers is one method which can sometimes help secure a desired spec for a customer. He added that ordering a vehicle with preferred attributes is another option available, and added that some customers have commonly shown a willingness to adapt to available choices on the lot. “I think a lot of people are aware of the situations,” he said.

The US Department of Justice has sued Roger Stone, saying the close ally of former president Donald Trump owes about $2m in unpaid federal income taxes, according to a court document. The civil lawsuit, filed in federal court in Florida on Friday, alleged that Stone and his wife, Nydia, used a commercial entity to “shield their personal income from enforced collection and fund a lavish lifestyle despite owing nearly $2m in unpaid taxes, interest and penalties”. Stone did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Stone, 68, is a long-time Republican political operative, known for his high-end wardrobe, outspoken comments and tattoo on his back of former president Richard Nixon. The self-styled “dirty trickster” faced fresh scrutiny after the attack on the US Capitol for his links with far-right groups, though he was not part of the insurrection. Stone advised Trump when the wealthy real estate developer toyed with running for president in 2000 and briefly worked on Trump’s successful 2016 campaign. He was indicted by Robert Mueller, the former special counsel tasked with investigating Russian interference in the 2016 election. Mueller’s investigation, which Trump called a “witch hunt”, led to criminal charges against dozens of people, including Trump associates such as political strategist Paul Manafort and former national security adviser, Michael Flynn. A federal jury in Washington convicted Stone on seven counts of lying to Congress, obstruction of justice and witness tampering. At trial, prosecutors said Stone told five different lies to lawmakers on the US House intelligence committee about his contacts with the Trump campaign and WikiLeaks. Trump granted Stone a presidential pardon in December, wiping away the criminal conviction. Trump had previously commuted Stone’s sentence, which was condemned by Robert Mueller, allowing him to avoid a prison sentence.

The Canadian military training mission in Ukraine has been temporarily suspended after a major outbreak of coronavirus among the troops, the Department of National Defence confirmed late Friday. A spokesperson for the military's joint operational command refused to disclose how many soldiers have tested positive. "Normal security forces capacity building activities have been temporarily reduced or suspended in training locations as a force protection measure for members of the Task Force and in order to stop the spread of the virus," said Capt. Alexia Croizer, who speaks for the Ottawa-based Canadian Joint Operations Command. "Members who tested positive are being monitored in isolation and close contacts have been placed in quarantine." The Globe and Mail was the first to report on the outbreak and noted the spread of the virus prevented a recent change-of-command ceremony between outgoing and incoming commanders. There are about 200 Canadian troops assigned to the training mission. They are scattered at various locations in central and western Ukraine, with the bulk of the contingent headquartered at Yavoriv near the Polish border. While the defence department will not say how many Canadian troops in Ukraine have been hit by COVID-19, it does acknowledge that there are 86 active cases across the entire Armed Forces. That number was current as of April 12. Since the beginning of the pandemic, there have been 1,396 cases of coronavirus reported among Canadian military members. Ukraine is experiencing a surge in COVID infections. On Thursday, 16,553 new cases were reported in the eastern European country. The deteriorating pandemic situation in the country comes at a time of heightened tension with Russia, which has stationed as many as 110,000 troops along Ukrainian border under the guise of military exercises. Earlier this year, Canadian soldiers serving as part of the NATO deterrence mission in Latvia experienced an outbreak of COVID-19. In that case, the defence department also refused to say how many soldiers had been infected. Military moves to vaccinate overseas troops The latest cases in Ukraine have put the spotlight on the Canadian military's plan to vaccinate troops and the priority given to members deployed overseas. The defence department will be allocated enough vaccine for 115,000 members. Troops deployed overseas are lower on the priority list. The first shots will be going to "members working or preparing to work in higher risk clinical settings to assist provinces and territories to protect vulnerable Canadians, such as Long Term Care Facilities or those who have health conditions that place them at increased risk of severe COVID-19 infection," said department spokeswoman Jessica Lamirande. "While not all members deployed or posted overseas have received their vaccine yet, efforts are well underway to ensure we have a coordinated and resourced plan in place, to reach each and every deployed and posted member." Members of the military deployed overseas can only receive Health Canada-approved vaccines. Lamirande said that, in some cases, the defence department "has coordinated with, and authorized, some Host Nation and coalition medical authorities to vaccinate CAF members with Health Canada-approved vaccines from their own national allocations." She did not identify the countries, nor did she indicate how many shots may have been administered to Canadian personnel. How quickly the military can get all overseas troops vaccinated is not clear. "Numbers and timelines are fluid at the moment as it will depend largely on the vaccine availability in other countries, as well as progress made on the vaccination programs both in Canada and in host nations," said Lamirande.

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Mazda has added a new special edition member to its line-up with this Mazda 6 Kuro model, which is available as either a saloon or an estate bodied Touring model. The new trim will be limited to just 50 examples of each in the UK. This special-edition version of the brand’s family saloon and estate gets a new polymetal grey metallic paint finish and black exterior detailing, including door mirrors and 19-inch alloy wheels finished in black. Inside, the Kuro versions of the Mazda 6 are upholstered in burgundy leather. Power is provided by a 2.0-litre Skyactiv-G petrol engine developing 163bhp, and it’s the only engine available in the Mazda 6 Kuro - the 143bhp version of this unit and the more powerful 191bhp 2.5-litre motor available elsewhere in the 6 line-up are not offered here. The Kuro sits equivalent to Sport specification in the Mazda 6 line-up, and it features the same level of standard equipment. Buyers benefit from a heated steering wheel, keyless entry, an 11-speaker sound system from Bose, a reversing camera and signature LED running lights. As part of the updated Mazda 6 range for 2021, wireless Apple CarPlay is now available, as is the Kuro’s new polymetal grey metallic paint. Prices for the Mazda 6 Kuro start from £29,250 for the saloon and £30,250 for the estate, with cars arriving in UK Mazda dealerships this month. Copyright © Autovia Ltd 2021 (Autovia Ltd is part of Dennis Group). All rights reserved.

A volunteer firefighter who sought to “satisfy his ego” by using petrol to start a blaze that devoured 144 hectares of forest and scrubland in northern Spain has been given a three-and-a-half-year prison sentence and ordered to pay more than €158,000 (£137,000) in damages. Luis Trueba, the former head of the Civil Protection volunteer service in Ramales de la Victoria, Cantabria, had denied deliberately setting the fire in February 2019 so that he could help put it out, insisting instead that he had rushed to the scene “out of instinct”. But prosecutors argued he had torched the land to “satisfy his ego” and “play a leading role” in extinguishing the fire on its “frontline”. Cantabria’s provincial court was told that Trueba’s behaviour immediately before the fire was suspicious – as was the fact that he returned to base afterwards “and took a petrol can out of the driver’s side [of his vehicle], which he tried to hide”. Hours before the fire began, Trueba and a colleague were on a patrol after a fire-risk alert was declared in the area. His co-worker said Trueba had looked at the land and said: “It’s really dry; it just needs someone to take a match to it and see whether they crack out the hydrants.” A fellow volunteer also told the court the accused liked fires and was like “a junkie after his fix” when it came to finding them. An investigation was launched after the fire burned through 144.3 hectares (356 acres) of eucalyptus, gorse, bramble, scrubland and pasture in the Sierra de Alcomba on 17 and 18 February 2019. Although Trueba claimed to have been delivering chairs to a cousin who lived elsewhere, the GPS in his regional government vehicle put him at the scene in the early hours of 17 February. “Using petrol as an accelerant in the ditch on the left-hand side of the road from Ramales to La Alcomba, he set fire to the land in at least seven different initial points, with a distance of 65 metres between each so that the fire could spread easily,” the court said in its judgment. It dismissed his alibi as “an “incredible excuse”, adding: “In the court’s opinion, there is ample proof of the crime beyond any reasonable doubt [and the fire] was started directly, intentionally and voluntarily.” Trueba was found guilty of starting a forest fire of “considerable seriousness”, sentenced to three-and-a-half years’ imprisonment, and ordered to pay a fine of €3,600 and damages of €158,000. The sentence can be appealed. The court rejected the defence’s offer of €4,000 in compensation, saying the sum would “not even cover a tenth of the costs of extinguishing the fire started by the defendant”, adding that the damages caused exceeded €200,000. It also frowned on the defence’s suggestion that the defendant had tried to make amends by helping to put out the fire he had set “for his own personal reasons”. The judgment concluded: “[His participation] was neither effective nor relevant given that bringing the fire under control not only required volunteers – whose role was fundamentally logistical – but also the involvement of four wildlife rangers, three forestry teams, an emergency services crew with four professional firefighters, three pumps, a water supply vehicle, a pickup truck and two amphibious air force planes.” © 2021 Guardian News & Media Limited or its affiliated companies. All rights reserved. (modern)

Name of the game: Battlefield Price: 9.99$ Link Store: Steam Offer ends up after X hours: 26 April Requirements: MINIMUM: OS: Windows 8 32-bit Processor: Processor (AMD): Athlon X2 2.8 GHz Processor (Intel): Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: Graphics card (AMD): AMD Radeon HD 3870 Graphics card (NVIDIA): Nvidia GeForce 8800 GT Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 30 GB available space RECOMMENDED: OS: Windows 8 64-bit Processor: Processor (AMD): Six-core CPU Processor (Intel): Quad-core CPU Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: Graphics card (AMD): AMD Radeon HD 7870 Graphics card (Nvidia): NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 30 GB available space

Game Information: Initial release date: 20 Jun, 2019. Software Developer: U-Play Online. Publisher: 🚀 Raiser Games. Platform: PlayStation 4, Windows Microsoft. With last year’s YouTubers Life, Spanish studio U-Play Online transformed content creation into a kind of arcade strategy game, where your objective was to grow your subscriber count across a variety of different disciplines – from gaming through to cooking. Esports Life Tycoon is a similar sort of experience, marrying the inter-personal relationships of The Sims with management simulation aspects. It’s a weird blend, but oddly addictive. You’ll start out by creating a coach, and then you’ll need to assemble a squad of MOBA maestros to take from rags to riches. Throughout, you’ll be analysing your opponents, trading for better players, negotiating sponsorships, and attempting to keep your head above water while you’re pulled in a billion different directions. Your goal is to work your way up the leagues, all without p*ssing your players off, accounting for wrist injuries (really!), and managing relationships with opponents. Ultimately, it all amounts to a lot of busy-work, but once again the developer has managed to find a gameplay format that may not particularly resemble real-life team management, but keeps you on your toes at all times. You can upgrade your apartment, bring in psychologists to improve morale, and even coach your team as they compete. It’s all relatively simplistic, but there’s always something you need to do, and thus it’s hard to put down. In terms of presentation, the package leaves a lot to be desired, but this is all about assembling the ultimate team and watching your bank balance bulge – the visuals are secondary to the ever-increasing numbers. Controls could be better optimised, and it’s perhaps a little too easy – but a separate challenge mode, where you’re put into increasingly tough situations, adds some much-needed difficulty to the standard sandbox option. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS OS: Windows 7. Processor: Intel i3 or equivalent. Memory: 2 GB RAM. Graphics: 1GB VRAM. DirectX: Version 9.0. Storage: 4 GB available space.

MSI has slashed the warranty of some of its gaming graphics cards in Russia to just six months, leaving us wondering if this is something it will try and roll out to other territories soon. At the same time, Gigabyte has released a mining card that has a warranty of just 90 days. A worrying development for sure, although consumer protection law should prevent this from happening in other areas. For reference, graphics cards normally come with 36-month warranties. Given the limited supply of graphics cards globally, the idea that a GPU you do finally manage to get your hands on could be out of warranty so soon is not something any of us wants to hear right now. Once again, it's mining that seems to be shifting the landscape here. Cards aimed exclusively at miners, that is those without video outputs, have been known to offer limited warranties. This is a little more understandable though, as such cards tend to be used 24/7 without any letup. Not something that most gaming GPUs are subject to. Even allowing for some reduction in warranty, Gigabyte's latest move is shocking. It recently released its CMP 30HX D6 6G, which is essentially a GTX 1660 Super without any outputs. This card can be found on Romainian reseller IT Direct for the equivalent of $600 and boasts a warranty of just 90 days. Ninety days! This is a card purely for miners, but still, that is a ridiculously tight warranty. MSI seemed to be going down a similar route as well, with a document from MSI Russia showing it has decided to reduce the warranties of 19 cards down to just six months. The first few cards on this list are all mining cards, but then gaming versions pop up, like the GeForce RTX 3070 Ventus 3X OC, and it's suddenly not only affecting cryptocurrency miners. We've reached out to MSI for comment and will update this story when we hear back front them. In the meantime, it's worth double-checking the warranty period of any card you do manage to track down. You really shouldn't settle for anything less than 3 years.

Docker Desktop for Apple Silicon has been released, although it's not quite the seamless conversion some may expect. Declaring that getting Docker Desktop working on Apple's M1 chip as "by far our most upvoted roadmap item ever," the company is naturally chuffed that container fans selecting Apple's latest hardware can now also crank out code using its tooling. Rosetta 2, aimed at getting x64 apps up and running on Apple Silicon, only goes so far and to get the virtual machine that lurks beneath the hood of Docker Desktop, the company had to make the jump to Apple's new hypervisor framework as well as deal with all the associated plumbing. A developer preview turned up in December, although Docker noted "it is not release quality yet, or even beta quality." Four months down the line (and 45,000 downloads of the various preview builds) and here we are. Sadly, Docker has not managed a full jump into the M1 world. "Some binaries," it said, "are still Darwin/AMD64," necessitating Apple's Rosetta 2. That compatibility problem continues as the company noted that not all images (for example, mysql) are available for Arm64. The workaround? For the mysql unavailability issue, maybe use mariadb? Uh huh. There are other problems. "Attempts to run Intel-based containers on Apple Silicon machines can crash as QEMU sometimes fails to run the container," according to Docker, and other QEMU-related issues include Filesystem change notification APIs. "Therefore, we recommend that you run ARM64 containers on Apple Silicon machines," Docker said, adding that it expected fixes in future releases and the issue to become less common over time "as more and more images are rebuilt supporting multiple architectures." Apple Macs running Apple Silicon are a recent event and Docker's efforts to get its product into the hands of developers, while laudable, also demonstrates the platform still has a way to go before achieving the dampest of fanboi developer dreams.

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